Hello, I am new to Auth0, I have an app that requires a unique user Id for a user to carry out certain tasks. I understand that I can create custom claims for the user id. My question is, can I use the ‘sub’ claim as an ID for the user? Is it a bad idea to use the sub claim within the app, store i…

Using 'sub' as user id

dan.woda February 22, 2021, 8:50pm 3

Welcome to the Community!

You can definitely use sub as your user id.

Hope this helps!

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